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How do you make those formatting/styling changes so quickly?

Most of the time, I use regular expressions to perform a replacement across either the entire page, or just a section.

need for a reference

The reference to William Wragg being 'gay' appears on the same page under ref 31.

https://twitter.com/William_Wragg/status/669302083493961733

I didn't see the point of repeating it but if you think a ref is needed here, pse add it. 213.78.162.233 (talk) 11:46, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this to my attention; I've updated the reference to a more reliable one, but I don't see a need to include it in the lead section, as it's only meant to summarize the article. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 14:18, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Juanon223 on Mental Treatment Act 1930 (11:21, 8 April 2024)

I'm lost I don't noe what to do --Juanon223 (talk) 11:21, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

@Juanon223: Welcome! See the notice I left on your Talk Page for more information. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 03:59, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-15

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• Web browsers can use tools called extensions. There is now a Chrome extension called Citation Needed which you can use to see if an online statement is supported by a Wikipedia article. This is a small experiment to see if Wikipedia can be used this way. Because it is a small experiment, it can only be used in Chrome in English.
• A new Edit Recovery feature has been added to all wikis, available as a user preference. Once you enable it, your in-progress edits will be stored in your web browser, and if you accidentally close an editing window or your browser or computer crashes, you will be prompted to recover the unpublished text. Please leave any feedback on the project talk page. This was the #8 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
• Initial results of Edit check experiments have been published. Edit Check is now deployed as a default feature at the wikis that tested it. Let us know if you want your wiki to be part of the next deployment of Edit check. [1][2]
• Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. [3]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar). [4][5]
• New accounts and logged-out users will get the visual editor as their default editor on mobile. This deployment is made at all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. [6]

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Question from Basedenverist on tiktok (22:06, 13 April 2024)

Hello how do I do the thingy where you can put result's for a battle like where there is date territorial changes --Basedenverist on tiktok (talk) 22:06, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@Basedenverist on tiktok: Hello, we meet again! I think {{infobox battle}} is what you are looking for. Do feel free to inquire further if you have any questions. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 00:13, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mr tuty citizen (10:55, 14 April 2024)

Thank you --Mr tuty citizen (talk) 10:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

@Mr tuty citizen: I'm not sure what you're referring to. Do you have a specific question about reading or editing Wikipedia? Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 13:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Emmanuel Mubiru Smith (23:36, 14 April 2024)

Hey am here I am kinda a celebrity in my home town but google don’t show it so I wanted to rite about my self am a young footballer can u help --Emmanuel Mubiru Smith (talk) 23:36, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

@Emmanuel Mubiru Smith: I'm sorry, but our policies say that people can't write about themselves. If you want to be on Google, try getting your social media accounts higher on the results (search for example "how to increase search engine ranking" and you could find some information). Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 02:36, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Frizit1976 (09:40, 15 April 2024)

Hello I want to write article about my self --Frizit1976 (talk) 09:40, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

@Frizit1976: No, sorry, this is generally not possible on Wikipedia, because it would be hard neutrally, also, most average people don’t pass our notability guideline WP:GNG. You’d be better off getting on the news or something, then someone else would write your article instead.

May I ask, what are you known for? This could help me determine if you could have an article. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 14:55, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-16

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• Between 2 April and 8 April, on wikis using Flagged Revisions, the "Reverted" tag was not applied to undone edits. In addition, page moves, protections and imports were not autoreviewed. This problem is now fixed. [7][8]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 April. It will be on all wikis from 18 April (calendar). [9][10]
• Default category sort keys will now affect categories added by templates placed in footnotes. Previously footnotes used the page title as the default sort key even if a different default sort key was specified (category-specific sort keys already worked). [11]
• A new variable page_last_edit_age will be added to abuse filters. It tells how many seconds ago the last edit to a page was made. [12]

Future changes

• Volunteer developers are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. Learn more.
• Four database fields will be removed from database replicas (including Quarry). This affects only the abuse_filter and abuse_filter_history tables. Some queries might need to be updated. [13]

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Question from Raj Poudel Actor (01:06, 16 April 2024)

How to add my profile pitcher --Raj Poudel Actor (talk) 01:06, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@Raj Poudel Actor: We do not have profile pictures on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not social media. Please don't even think about writing an article about yourself, that is not allowed here. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 01:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Gen Z Slang Article

What was the point of removing my contribution to the article and not even giving a reason? Perfecnot (talk) 03:28, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@Perfecnot: I was not reverting your contributions. I was using Twinkle to revert my own edit. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 03:31, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

I meant the original edit titled "anchor" Perfecnot (talk) 03:33, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@Perfecnot: I had no memory of removing "blud" from the article. I think it was just a glitch. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 03:35, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

sounds good, thanks for clarifying Perfecnot (talk) 03:37, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mohammed Omar (Re-Searcher) (18:43, 22 April 2024)

Hello, My question how to add links jn text --Mohammed Omar (Re-Searcher) (talk) 18:43, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

@Mohammed Omar (Re-Searcher): Hello Mohammed and welcome to Wikipedia! If you are using the Source Editor, you can type [[article name]] to link an article. For example [[Help:Introduction]] which gives Help:Introduction.

If you want to make the text of the link different from the article name, you can use this syntax: [[article name|link text]]. For example, [[Main Page|the main page of Wikipedia]] produces: the main page of Wikipedia.

Happy editing, and do not hesitate to ask further if you have questions. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 19:55, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-17

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• Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [14]
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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [15][16]

Future changes

• This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [17]

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Question from AllCass (18:26, 25 April 2024)

Hi Rusty, nice to meet you! I've newly joined the Wikipedia editing world and accidentally made a mistake. While publishing some changes on an article, I accidentally clicked on a citation which appeared to have created an extra, empty citation as part of the 'Notes' list. It shows up on the page as "Cite error: The named reference noteStockard2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page)." In the editing portion, it appears as "This reference is defined in a template or other generated block, and for now can only be previewed in source mode". I've tried looking for it on the source page but have had no luck locating it. Please help me, I'm completely lost on this! --AllCass (talk) 18:26, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@AllCass: Hi there! Welcome to Wikipedia!

Once you've switched to "Source editing" through the pencil icon on the top left, try searching for the reference name "noteStockard2" in the source page. (Your browser might offer a "find" option.) Looking at your edit, it seems that you've accidentally changed the citation that is being used from "noteStockard" to "noteStockard2". Since "noteStockard2" doesn't have any content, it produces the error. Just change the name of the citation from "noteStockard2" back to "noteStockard" and it should work without an error.

Feel free to ask if you have further questions. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 20:17, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Found it using ctrl+f and it worked! The error is no longer there. Thank you so much for helping me to resolve this Rusty, I appreciate it! AllCass (talk) 08:00, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-18

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Example of a talk page with the new design, in French.

• The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [18]
• Seven new wikis have been created:
  • a Wikipedia in Betawi (w:bew:) [19]
  • a Wikipedia in Kusaal (w:kus:) [20]
  • a Wikipedia in Igala (w:igl:) [21]
  • a Wiktionary in Karakalpak (wikt:kaa:) [22]
  • a Wikisource in Burmese (s:my:) [23]
  • a Wikisource in Malay (s:ms:) [24]
  • a Wikisource in Georgian (s:ka:) [25]
• You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [26]
• Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.

Problems

• Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [27]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [28][29]

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Question from TitanicEdits (23:38, 1 May 2024)

How do I create a citation? I'm new. --TitanicEdits (talk) 23:38, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

@TitanicEdits: Hello and welcome. Click the "Cite" button or the "cite" dropdown and select an option. See Help:Referencing for beginners for more information.

Feel free to ask if you have questions. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 01:10, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

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• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

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• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

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• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

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Question from AllCass (08:47, 3 May 2024)

Hi again Rusty! Sometimes, when I use the automatic citation feature for a weblink, I get something like this:

"Fields, Christopher; Staff, WLBT com (2022-01-22). "Capri Movie Theatre to show first film in decades". https://www.wlbt.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03. {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help): External link in |website= (help)".

At this point, I usually manually input the citation instead to get rid of the {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help) portion. I've read the help page on it and still don't quite understand what is causing it to appear that way. I was wondering if you could help explain why some citations pull up that way! --AllCass (talk) 08:47, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@AllCass: Hello again! To solve this, you can click on the citation in the text, click on "edit," click the text, click "edit" again, and make sure that there isn't a website name in "name of website." (there might be a faster way to do this, but I might not be aware of it.) Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 23:34, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from BOB SHAKIT KARMA (18:30, 3 May 2024)

how do I make a biography --BOB SHAKIT KARMA (talk) 18:30, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@BOB SHAKIT KARMA: See on Help:Your first article, however, note that creating an autobiography for yourself is not allowed. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 23:35, 3 May 2024 (UTC)